Surface treatment

Keely Portway looks at some of the latest ways laser surface treatment is being used to optimise automotive production

Greg Blackman speaks to Marco Reichle, at Reichle Technologiezentrum, on laser texturing injection moulds for vehicle makers – now a huge part of the firm’s business

Keely Portway discovers some of the different ways advances in laser processing have been used to help improve aircraft efficiency

New high-speed laser cladding technologies are being developed that rival more traditional techniques, as Matthew Dale discovers

Matthew Dale on some of the laser processing that goes into building aircraft, from treating carbon fibre wing skins to 3D printing lightweight brackets